JUST HOW BAD WAS IT ?

View from the Backyard

You know its been a bad winter when the Chicago Tribune editorializes about it. They even have a sense of humor : " Come on, admit it, you wore a winter hat instead of an easter bonnet. "

Quoting from yesterday's Trib editorial 'Winter Always Wins ' : " This then, is spring, with blobs of snow mixed in with rain, high winds, slop on the streets and birds still trying to find chimney edges to sit on to stay warm. It's not fair, but like we said, Winter Always Wins-or at least for as long as it wishes. "

Last year on this day it was 80 degrees. Today we will struggle to reach 50. Thus far, the coldest April in 137 years. You betcha winter always wins.

We hardly ever experience a distinction between winter and summer. One day it will suddenly be summer and our memories of this terrible winter will fade like snow in July.